A former police commander was acquitted of federal corruption charges on Wednesday after a seven-week trial in which prosecutors contended he had done favors for two businessmen in return for lavish gifts, including a junket to Las Vegas with a prostitute.
The jury in Federal District Court in Manhattan found James Grant, who was a deputy inspector in the New York Police Department, not guilty on all charges. Still, jurors decided to convict one of the businessmen, Jeremy Reichberg, on several bribery and conspiracy charges involving other police officials.
The jury found Mr. Reichberg not guilty on one count — that he had paid bribes to Mr. Grant. After the verdict, Mr. Grant turned to Mr. Reichberg and quietly said: “You’re going to be O.K.”
The case had cast a shadow over the Police Department and had even tarnished the image of the mayor, Bill de Blasio, though he was not accused of wrongdoing.
lonezomewolf on January 5th, 2019 at 17:25 UTC »
Let's start here, no fucking favors for anyone by a police officer. That should reduce corruption a bit.
gerry_mandering_50 on January 5th, 2019 at 16:39 UTC »
A bill to clean up the prosecutors' offices in NJ, not NY, is moving through the state government now in 2019, which started in 2016. Cleaning up the DAs and county prosecutors is a good way to begin to automatically get the police fixed too, because they collaborate.
http://www.philly.com/news/new-jersey/police-shooting-deaths-new-jersey-bill-phil-murphy-civil-rights-20190104.html
https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/bill_putting_ag_in_charge_of_police_shooting_inves.html
lady-patience on January 5th, 2019 at 14:50 UTC »
"The verdict appeared to reflect the higher bar the United States Supreme Court has set for public corruption cases with its 2016 ruling that reversed the bribery conviction of the former Virginia governor, Bob McDonnell. "
The erosion of justice.